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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen West Window old clues delivery! CTOnews.com July 11 news, According to Japan Kyodo News Agency reported, In March took office Toyota's high-end car brand Lexus International President Watanabe Gang recently said in an interview, In the future pure electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing, Will from the perspective of animal welfare, Reduce the use of leather seats and other parts from animals have been used in high-end cars.

▲ Source Pexels Watanabe said Lexus will not stop using these materials uniformly at present, but "cars that strive to achieve carbon neutrality must be cars that coexist with nature, and Lexus needs to assume social responsibility for manufacturing such cars." "

The use of leather in seats, steering wheels and other parts can reflect the car's advanced sense, but also quite popular with customers. But the basic interior of Lexus's first EV-only model, the RZ, where Watanabe heads up development, doesn't use any animal leather.

Watanabe said he was thinking about changing the expression of luxury from "luxury" to "spatial comfort." Although the outside world is mixed at this stage, he hopes to gradually change everyone's consciousness.

CTOnews.com previously reported that Lexus plans to convert all new models to electric vehicles by 2035, after which it is expected that it will take another 15 years or so for almost all Lexus cars on the road to be replaced by electric vehicles.

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